Gammanpila says plans to arrest Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Suresh Sallay over Easter day terror attacks

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Former MP and leader of the Pivuthuru Hela Urumaya Udaya Gammanpila said today that there is an attempt to arrest former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and former State Intelligence Services (SIS) Director Major General Suresh Sallay in connection with the Easter Sunday terror attacks.

He said the Government was in the process of bringing back to Sri Lanka Azad Maulana alias Mohammed Mahilar Mohammed Hansir, the man extensively featured in the Channel 9 documentary on the attacks,to frame the ex-president and the ex-SIS director.

Azan Moulana is reportedly in Switzerland pending his asylum request.

“There is a new drama being enacted by the Government now to blame the attacks on the intelligence services by taking forward the narrative of the Channel 9 documentary.This involves arresting the former president and Major General Suresh Sallay,” Mr Gammanpila said at a press briefing.

He said that Azad Moulana has had a case pending before the Kalmunai Magistrate Court in connection with a case filed by his second wife, who he had allegedly married under a false name.

The case was filed in 2023, and the Kalmunai Magistrate C

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